Guinness Beef Stew Recipe

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 5 lbs beef
• 1/2 cup soy flour
• salt and pepper
• 5 tablespoons suet (or oil)
• 3 onions
• 1 lb mushroom, chopped
• 2 (8 ounce) cans guinness stout
• 2 cups beef stock
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 4 bay leaves
• garlic clove
• 2 tablespoons tomato puree dissolved in 4 tbsp water
• 2 1/2 cups carrots
• 1 few potato (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cube beef into about 1 inches squares.
• 2 toss meat in a bowl w/ 1tbsp oil.
• 3 season meat w/ flour, salt and pepper.
• 4 heat rest of oil in pot and brown meat then remove.
• 5 add onions, tomato purree mixture and garlic to pot and cover.
• 6 cook 4 to 5 minutes then reintroduce meat to the pot and add everything else except the potatoes.
• 7 add a light sprinkle of salt and pepper and bring to a boil, then reduce.
• 8 cover and simmer for 2 hours.
• 9 with 45 minutes left add the potatoes and serve.
• 10 best served with mashed potatoes but if you added the potatoes directly to the stew you will be fine.